Single Audit of Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015

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AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK TOWER 1001 BISHOP STREET, SUITE 1700 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813-3696 N&K CPAs, Inc. T (808) 524-2255 F (808) 523-2090 ACCOUNTANTS | CONSULTANTS REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS INDEPENDENT AUDITORÓS REPORT To the Chair and Members of the County Council County of HawaiÒi We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, the discretely presented component unit, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the County of Hawai Ò i, State of Hawai Ò i (the County), as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the CountyÓs basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated December 28, 2015. Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the CountyÓs internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the CountyÓs internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the CountyÓs internal control. A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entityÓs financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. 6